Akhmed Tangiyev is being investigated for participating in a terrorist organization.

Ingush theologian and public figure Akhmed Tangiyev, detained by security forces in the village of Bazorkino in the Prigorodny District, is being investigated for allegedly participating in a terrorist organization.

As reported by Kavkazsky Knot, security forces detained Ingush theologian Akhmed Tangiyev, who previously served as deputy mufti of Karelia. According to sources, this is related to reports of the detention of muftis serving in the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation.

Ingush theologian and public figure Akhmed Tangiyev is being investigated for participating in a terrorist organization, Fortanga reported today.

In late May, the court remanded in custody Mohammed Henni, former chairman of the Northwest Muslim Community Central Religious Organization, his relative Regina Henni, and the deputy mufti of the Saratov region, El Hih Nidal Avadallah Akhmed, as well as five others: Galeeva, Sadirova, Tangiyev, Dzhebril, and Tarkhanova, on charges of participating in a terrorist organization, Kommersant reports.

The case materials state that they were released no later than April 12. In 2025, they joined the international religious and political organization "Muslim Brotherhood"*. The defendants are also accused of attending meetings of this radical movement's structural divisions in St. Petersburg.

The investigation includes among these meetings the meetings of the council and executive committee of the "Forum of Muslim Organizations," which took place last year on April 12 and September 27 on Vasilievsky Island. There is currently no information regarding the specific region in which the defendants were placed under preventive measures, or whether they were tried together. However, as Daria Lebedeva, head of the joint press service for the St. Petersburg courts, clarified, no such hearings were held in the city courts.

On April 10, 2025, Muhammad Tamaskhanov, imam of a mosque in Nazran, and Magomed Sultygov, imam of a mosque in Karabulak, were detained in Ingushetia. The reason given for their detention was allegedly concealing information about a request for assistance from Khazir Ganiev, a member of a militant group associated with Amirkhan Gurazhev, who had attacked traffic police posts in the republic. A criminal case for failure to report was opened against both imams, according to the "Caucasian Knot" article "The Main Thing About the Detention of Ingush Imams Tamaskhanov and Sultygov." Tamaskhanov denied the charges, and Sultygov also declared his innocence. Both are popular among followers of the Salafi school of Islam.